McMillian v. State

Marvin M. McMillian appeals the circuit court's summary denial of his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition for postconviction relief, in which he attacked his 1987 guilty-plea convictions for two counts of receiving stolen property in the second degree and his resulting sentences of three years' imprisonment for each conviction; the sentences were suspended and McMillian was ordered to serve three years' supervised probation. McMillian did not appeal his convictions or his sentences.

McMillian filed the present petition on October 17, 2002,1 claiming that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to…